What does the "heartland" include?

[RINO Tom]

Any state not on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts.

I have always thought of the Heartland is just the Midwest and MAYBE the Upper South.  The Deep South and the Mountain West and the Southwest are usually separated out in most people's minds, including mine.  Also, "coasts" are overrated.  Vermont has more in common with Maine than it does Ohio, obviously, and South Carolina is much, much more similar to Tennessee than it is Delaware.